Registering branding-hammer.



v 0. w. WRIGHT.

REGISTERING BRANDING HAMMER. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 30, 1912.

1,073,203. Patented Sept. 16,1913.

WITNESSES:

a; TORNEY throughout the several views.

CHARLES W. WRIGHT, 01 BLAINE, WASHINGTON.

. REGISTERING BBANDING-HAMMER.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Sept. 16, 1913.

Application filed September 30, 1912. Serial No. 723,011.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. VVnIoH'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Blaine, county of Whatcom, State of lVashington, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Registering Branding-Hammers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in branding devices, the object being to provide an instrument of simple construction, composed of few parts and adapted to automatically register simultaneously with the branding, the number of articles branded.

The invention comprises the novel parts and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention consists generally in a hammer provided with a branding die on its face, and carrying a counting mechanism for registering each article as branded.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification-Figure 1 is a perspective view of the registering branding hammer. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, showing the dial of the counter or register. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the head. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the sto mechanism or clamping screw 18.

l n the following description the same reference characters refer to like parts Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the head of the hammer, 2 a circular chamber centrally located therein to carry register 3; 4 designates the peen ofthe hammer which is provided with longitudinal socket 5 in which rod 6 freely moves to operate actuator 7 of register 3; 8 indicates the face of the hammer to which is 'aiiixed the branding 'die a.

The hammer is made wlth a peen of suitable length to provide for longitudinal socket 5 which is recessed at its inner end 10 where it communicates with chamber '2; in line with said socket on the opposite side of chamber 2 is socket 11, the inner end of which communicates with chamber 2 and is of larger diameter than its outer end.

Rod 6 is inserted in socket 5 and is freely.

movable therein; the outer end of said socket is closed by screw cap 16, the threaded por' tion of which registers with the interior threaded portion of socket 5, and penetrates said socket the depth required to limit the movement of rod 6: the truncated-cone shank of the branding die 9 enters the outer end of socket 11 and is firmly held in position by bolt 12 which is fixedly secured to said shank and passes through plate 13 that rests against shoulder 14, and is held securely in position by screw nut 15 that is accessibie for tightening through chamber 2. A suitable gasket (20) is interposed between the face of the hammer and the shoulder of the branding die, and also between the head of the screw-cap 16 and the outer end of peen i, so as to exclude dust and moisture, and at the same time to provide a cushion effect when a blow is struck.

Chamber 2 is of a size to receive and hold a counting mechanism of ordinary construction that is operated by actuator 7 very much in the same manner as a pedometer. Said chamber is also provided with circular openings on opposite sides; the one on the left hand side being the smaller and only large enough to expose the dial of the register, while the opening on right hand side is of suflicient dimensions to permit-the ready insertion of the register, and when the latter is properly positioned the actuator 7 enters recess 10. After thus positioning the register the opening in the chamber on the right hand side is closed with a screw cap provided with a gasket, and as it is tightened the register is pressed against the gasket surrounding the dial, thereby making the chamber dust proof and water proof, for all openings from the outside are provided with suitable gaskets.

Threaded bore 1-7 connects recess 10 with the exterior of the peen to receive clamping screw 18 which is designed to hold actuator 7 in fixed position so as to render it inoperative when so desired. The inner end of said clamping screw is forked so as to span the actuator when the latter is to be held in fixed position. This forked end is connected to the end of the screw by a swivel,an'd consists of two parallel prongs at right angle to the actuator and between which the actuator is held when the clamping screw is adjusted to render the actuator inoperative. The said clamping screw without making a further count or record.

by merely setting the clamping screw 18 so as to control the actuator and prevent its movement.

It is customary in branding logs to brand them many times so that in whatever'position the logs may be the brand will always be visible. Without a clamping arrangement such as is herein shown and described,

the record of logs branded in the manner indicated would be incorrect. By locking the actuator to prevent its movement it is possible to repeat the blows for branding as many times as desired without registering more than one blow ifsuch be the wish.

In using the hammer the helve 19 is grasped as in any ordinary hammer and the article to be branded is struck with the face of the hammer whereby the momentum of the rod 6 strikes the actuator 7 which causes the counting mechanism to record I; and each succeeding blow registers another unit providing the clamping screw 18' is not adjusted to render actuator 7 inoperative.

It will be observed that the branding die 9 is so constructed and secured to the face of the hammer as to be readily se arated therefrom at will, the purpose an object being to permit the use of different branding dies with the same hammer and counting mechanism by merely substituting one branding die for another.

I do not limit myself to the specific form of construction nor to the precise arrangement of all the parts as hereinshown and described, for they may be varied without departing from the spirit and purpose of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States, i$-

1. In a branding device, the combination of a hammer having a branding face, a recess in the head, a registering device seated in said recess, means for securing the registering device in position, and a movable member in the peen adapted to actuate by its own momentum the" registering device when an article is branded.

2. A branding hammer, comprising a hammer .having a removable branding face, a counting mechanism, and a member loosely seated in the peen and adapted to actuate by its own momentum the counting mechanism when a blow is struck.

3. A branding hammer, comprising a hammer having a branding face, a registering device seated in a chamber in the head, a hollow peen, a member movable in the peen in the direction of its length and adapted to actuate the registering device when a blow is struck, and means for rendering the registerin device inoperative.

4:. In a branding evice, the combination of a hammer provided with a branding face, a chamber for holding a registering device, a registering device seated therein and having an actuating finger projecting therefrom into a longitudinal bore in the peen, and a rod slidable endwise in said bore and adapted to move' thefinger to actuate the register when a'blow is struck.

5. In a branding device, the combination of a hammer having a removable branding face, a counting meclr'anism seated in a chamber and provided with an actuating finger projecting into a longitudinal socket communicating with the chamber, means a blow is struck, and means for preventing the actuation of the registering device when so'desired.

- 7. In a branding device, the combination of a hammer provided with a branding face, a counting mechanism for registering each blow, and a member loosely seated in the p'een and movable under the force of a blow to actuate by its own momentum the counting mechanism.

8. A branding hammer, comprisin a hammer having a removable branding face,

a chamber in the head connected with a longitudinal bore in the peen, a registering device secured in said chamber and provided with an actuating finger that pro- ,jects into said bore, a member movable endwise in said bore and adapted to actuate the registering device when a blow is struck,

and means for holding the finger in an inoperative position.

CHARLES W. WRIGHT.

Witnesses:

MAGNUS J oHNsoN, O. 'L. TAYLOR. 

